1. | A statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4 1776 which announced that the thirteen American colonies and then war with Great Britain regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states | A. | 13 Colonies |
2. | An act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London | B. | Mayflower Compact |
3. | A document signed amongst the 13 original colonies that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution | C. | Declaration of Independence |
4. | Several historical incidents including the opening of the American Revolutionary War in 1775 and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914 | D. | Shot heard around the world |
5. | Widespread transfer of animals plants culture human populations communicable diseases technology and ideas between the American and Afro Eurasian hemispheres | E. | Puritans |
6. | A pamphlet that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776 | F. | French and Indian War |
7. | An evangelical and revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America and especially the American colonies | G. | Columbian Exchange |
8. | The American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party | H. | Jointstock Companies |
9. | A person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time usually seven years | I. | Proclamation of 1763 |
10. | An incident on March 5 1770 in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others | J. | House of Burgesses |
11. | The British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America founded between 1607 Virginia and 1733 Georgia | K. | Quakers |
12. | Members of a family of religious movements collectively known as the Religious Society of Friends | L. | 1st and 2nd Continental Congress |
13. | An attempt to prevent the colonists from going west and passed the Appalachian Mountains | M. | Constitutional Convention |
14. | Business entity where different stakes can be bought and owned by shareholders | N. | Pilgrims |
15. | A convention to address problems in governing the United States of America | O. | Indentured servants |
16. | The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America | P. | Articles of Confederation |
17. | A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston on December 16 1773 | Q. | Stamp Act No Taxation without representation |
18. | Opposed the ratification of the constitution and For the constitution | R. | Boston Massacre |
19. | A group of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries | S. | Anti federalists and Federalists |
20. | The North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years War | T. | 1st Great Awakening |
21. | Comprise a series of 21 religious and military outposts | U. | Thomas Paines Common Sense |
22. | Conventions of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies | V. | Boston Tea Party |
23. | The first governing document of Plymouth Colony | W. | Intolerable Acts and Coercive Acts |
24. | A traveler who is on a journey to a holy place | X. | Triangular Trade Route |
25. | Trade among three ports or regions | Y. | Mission System |